"'Swiss banks in cyberspace' will make economic transactions much more liquid and much less subject to local rules and regulations." — Tim May (Crypto Anarchy and Virtual Communities, 1994) #digitalcash #economics #regulation #freedom

"Instead of trying to convince our current government not to try, we'll develop the technology (e.g., remailers and ecash) that will make it impossible for the government to succeed." — Wei Dai (Cypherpunks mailing list, 1995) #ecash #remailers

"I am an engineer, not a mathematician. I try to find practical solutions to actual problems." — Philip Zimmermann (GrepLaw, 2003) #cryptography

"I see Bitcoin as ultimately becoming a reserve currency for banks, playing much the same role as gold did in the early days of banking." — Hal Finney (BitcoinTalk Forum, 2010) #bitcoin #banking #gold

"Remember, there are a lot tyrants out there." — Tim May (CoinDesk, 2018) #tyranny #warning #freedom

"Privacy is the foundation that allows freedom of speech, thought, and association to thrive. Without it, these freedoms exist only on paper and can't be exercised in practice in a meaningful way." — Zooko Wilcox (Cypherpunk Technologies Press Release, 2023) #privacy #freespeech #freedom

"The best defense against abusive government is an informed and active citizenry." — Whitfield Diffie (Congressional testimony, 1993) #government #defense

"We must defend our own privacy if we expect to have any. We must come together and create systems which allow anonymous transactions to take place." — Eric Hughes (A Cypherpunk's Manifesto, 1993) #privacy #selfdefense #anonymoustransactions

"Computer technology is on the verge of providing the ability for individuals and groups to communicate and interact with each other in a totally anonymous manner." — Tim May (The Crypto Anarchist Manifesto, 1988) #anonymity #privacy

"But there is another solution, one advocated forcefully by computer scientist David Chaum. Rather than relying on new laws and more government, Chaum looks to technical solutions. And these solutions rely on the ancient science devoted to keeping information confidential: cryptography." — Hal Finney (Protecting privacy with electronic cash, 1993) #cryptography #privacy #government